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Private Health Info Should Stay Private

Private Health Info Should Stay Private

David Seymour ACT Leader The Ministry of Health has done the right thing by not handing over the private health information of individuals based on race. The effect of a High Court judgement last week that Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency should have access to Maori data to try to lift

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s view was of The Bridge over the Rangitikei River at Mangaweka, heading towards Rangiwahia and Kimbolton. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views

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Cath Tizzard RIP
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Cath Tizzard RIP

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Cath has gone and you’ve read the obits so no need for me to remind readers of her many accomplishments. But I can add a couple of tales. A few days after the announcement of her becoming our first female Governor General, I spoke

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Shovel-Ready Project Turned Down by Government

Shovel-Ready Project Turned Down by Government

The Port of Tauranga (POT) is New Zealand’s largest port. POT reported a 6.9% increase in total trade to 6.8 million tonnes in the first quarter of the 2022 financial year. Exports increased 5.3% to 4.3 million tonnes and imports increased 9.8% to 2.

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Rushed Decisions Lead To Regret: Part 2

Gerhard Sundborn Epidemiologist, University of Auckland, Department of Pacific Health, New Zealand Simon Thornley Epidemiologist/Public Health Physician, University of Auckland, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New Zealand Rupert Scott General Practitioner, Whangarei, New Zealand René de Monchy General Practitioner and Psychiatrist, Tauranga, New Zealand Matt Shelton General Practitioner, Wellington,

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Letter to the Editor: Public Notice
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Letter to the Editor: Public Notice

Dear Editor Public Notice We, the free people of New Zealand, hereby call for the arrest of Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern for the crimes listed hereunder: a) Treason against the sovereign state of New Zealand – In that she has unlawfully and without just cause denied its citizens their rights of

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The Tyrant Cannot Take Away Our Summer

It is doubtful that Jacinda Ardern would recognise actual kindness because it is distinctly different from the fake variety that she and her tyrannical ministers peddle. They rage like roaring lions over a populace where many are still fearful, fully expecting to be locked down over summer if Auckland DHBs

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A Plan to Divide Us
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A Plan to Divide Us

Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture The announcement that the Government will mandate Three Waters reform, was summed up by the headline in the Wairarapa Times-Age, “A deceitful, lying pack of bastards.” That was a direct quote from Masterton Councillor Tania Nixon, and

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What Happens If the ‘One Source of Truth’ Is Lying?

What Happens If the ‘One Source of Truth’ Is Lying?

We were told from the outset of the pandemic that we could only trust the Prime Minister and her officials when they spoke. All other sources of information were to be discounted. That was backed up by various ministers also claiming they were the one source of truth from the

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Climate Hypocrisy: COP 26

Climate Hypocrisy: COP 26

To prove us wrong, and to prove that the climate is warming we see all these manipulative individuals turn up at a climate conference named COP 26.  COP 26 has been quite rightly named ‘Climate hypocrisy’.  400 private jets carrying some of the biggest polluters.

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